Retro Reviews: Retrode

by Rob OHara | Aug 13, 2020 | Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Other Magazines Preview

Emulators are computer programs that, as their name suggests, “emulate” hardware through software. There are emulators all kinds of machines, everything from old computers to old calculators, but the emulators most gamers are familiar with are emulators...

Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Canvas Hockey’

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Aug 7, 2020 | 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Interviews

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with “Canvas Hockey” creator Brandon Holt, who discusses his game and what inspired it as well as an eventual Switch release. About Canvas Hockey: Canvas Hockey is a top-down, arcade-style party game based on the sport of Ice Hockey....

Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Yeray Schwartz Talks ‘Goner’

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Aug 2, 2020 | 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Interviews

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Yeray Schwartz, CEO at Loco Players, who discusses the brand’s new game, Goner. About Goner: In Goner you will embark on a journey of primal terror starring Anthony Sunder, a son looking for his missing mother and her expedition...

Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside ‘Chicken Bomb’

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Aug 1, 2020 | 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Interviews

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with Chicken Bomb creator Gelson Goes, who discusses the game’s development process and more. Old School Gamer Magazine: How was the game born? Gelson Goes: The idea of the game was born after a cross between different retro game...

Panzer Paladin: A Review

by Ben Magnet | Jul 30, 2020 | 2020s, Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Reviews

As much as I love video games, and really I LOVE video games, there are many other things in this world of ours that I enjoy as well.  One of those things is anime, and one of my favorite series is Mobile Suit Gundam.  Giant robots fighting each other and stuff...

Old School Gamer Magazine Exclusive: Inside Slayin’ 2

by Patrick Hickey Jr. | Jul 13, 2020 | Indie Built-Retro Inspired, Interviews, The Story Of...

Old School Gamer Magazine chats with the team behind Slayin’ 2 to find out what went into making the indie gem on the Nintendo Switch. Old School Gamer Magazine: How was this game born?  Tom “Reggie” Schreiber (Owner, Pixel Licker LLC): After the first...